* ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' has the "Mana Burn" stat that can spawn on unique monsters, which takes some of your mana when they hit you. There are also regular monsters with mana draining attacks. Encountering a monster with both Mana Burn and [[DemonicSpiders lightning enchanted]] is [[VideoGame/DwarfFortress fun]].

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* ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' has the "Mana Burn" stat "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mana Burn]]" modifier that can spawn on unique monsters, which takes some of your mana when they hit you. There are also regular monsters with mana draining attacks. Encountering a monster with both Mana Burn and [[DemonicSpiders lightning enchanted]] enchanted is [[VideoGame/DwarfFortress fun]].

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII and]] ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII II]]'', [[BonusBoss Sephiroth's]] Heartless Angel attack, in addition to bringing your HPToOne, also zeroes your MP, forcing you to recover using items or stop him from completing the attack in the first place.** In the UpdatedRerelease of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Chain of Memories]]'', Marluxia's third form has [[ThatOneAttack Whirlwind to the Void]], an attack that scatters Sora's cards across the battlefield, leaving him unable to do ''any'' attacks until he recovers them (and better hope he doesn't use Circle Reject immediately after, or else those cards are gone for good). In ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth By Sleep]]'' [[spoiler: the [[BonusBoss Mysterious Figure]]]] also has this ability, and it is just as debilitating (possibly even more so because he'll [[BladeSpam continue attacking relentlessly]] [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown while you're still trying to rebuild your command deck]]).

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* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII and]] ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII II]]'', [[BonusBoss Sephiroth's]] Heartless Angel attack, in addition to bringing your HPToOne, also zeroes your MP, forcing you to recover using items or stop him from completing the attack in the first place.** In the UpdatedRerelease of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Chain of Memories]]'', Marluxia's third form has [[ThatOneAttack Whirlwind to the Void]], an attack that scatters Sora's cards across the battlefield, leaving him unable to do ''any'' attacks until he recovers them (and better hope he doesn't use Circle Reject immediately after, or else those cards are gone for good). In ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth By Sleep]]'' [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the [[BonusBoss Mysterious Figure]]]] also has this ability, and it is just as debilitating (possibly even more so because he'll [[BladeSpam continue attacking relentlessly]] [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown while you're still trying to rebuild your command deck]]).

* [[MageKiller Templars]] in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' can drain an enemy mage's mana with each of their attacks after learning the "Righteous Strike" passive talent. Mages themselves can learn "Mana Clash", which has the double whammy of completely draining enemy mages' mana ''and'' dealing damage proportional to the amount of mana lost. It's so powerful it can kill most boss-level magic-users with one or two hits [[spoiler: even Gaxkang]].

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* [[MageKiller Templars]] in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' can drain an enemy mage's mana with each of their attacks after learning the "Righteous Strike" passive talent. Mages themselves can learn "Mana Clash", which has the double whammy of completely draining enemy mages' mana ''and'' dealing damage proportional to the amount of mana lost. It's so powerful it can kill most boss-level magic-users with one or two hits [[spoiler: even [[spoiler:even Gaxkang]].

* ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' has [[spoiler: Jimmy]] the Bard use the Brown Note attack, which actually fills up your mana meter every time you are struck while blocking the attack won't boost the meter. Getting hit too much causes mana overload, which has the player character soil themselves and the mana meter completely empties. If you can get the timing down for blocking, you can allow yourself to be hit a few times and existentially get free mana from the attack while blocking the rest of it.

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* ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' has [[spoiler: Jimmy]] [[spoiler:Jimmy]] the Bard use the Brown Note attack, which actually fills up your mana meter every time you are struck while blocking the attack won't boost the meter. Getting hit too much causes mana overload, which has the player character soil themselves and the mana meter completely empties. If you can get the timing down for blocking, you can allow yourself to be hit a few times and existentially get free mana from the attack while blocking the rest of it.

* The Umbral Sword wielded by the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Revenant]] in ''[[NexusWar Nexus Clash]]'' erodes the ManaMeter of the enemy with every strike. Since Revenants are inherently [[GlassCannon Glass Cannons]] vulnerable to overwhelming magical damage, this means that their best defense really is a good offense.

* ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'''s "Soul Burn" skill depletes the enemies SP completely. If you have the skill on max level, it additionally damages the opponent with his depleted mana x2.

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* ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'''s "Soul Burn" skill depletes the enemies SP completely. If you have the skill on max level, it additionally damages the opponent with his depleted mana x2. However, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard this could also backfire on the caster, with the exact same effects.]]

* ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' has [[spoiler: Jimmy]] the Bard use the Brown Note attack, which actually fills up your mana meter every time you are struck while blocking the attack won't boost the meter. Getting hit too much causes mana overload, which has the player character soil themselves and the mana meter completely empties. If you can get the timing down for blocking, you can allow yourself to be hit a few times and existentially get free mana from the attack while blocking the rest of it.

* ''Franchise/Mistborn'' has Chromium [[MasterOfOneMagic Mistings]], known as "Leechers" for their ability to [[RequiredSecondaryPowers harmlessly and instantly dissolve]] any allomancy-capable metals within another allomancer's system. %%Required Secondary Powers is there because if the metals were simply deactivated, the allomancer thus targeted might suddenly have a lethal dose of, say, pewter in their system with no way to remove it.

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* ''Franchise/Mistborn'' ''Franchise/{{Mistborn}}'' has Chromium [[MasterOfOneMagic Mistings]], known as "Leechers" for their ability to [[RequiredSecondaryPowers harmlessly and instantly dissolve]] any allomancy-capable metals within another allomancer's system. %%Required Secondary Powers is there because if the metals were simply deactivated, the allomancer thus targeted might suddenly have a lethal dose of, say, pewter in their system with no way to remove it.

* ''Franchise/Mistborn'' has Chromium [[MasterOfOneMagic Mistings]], known as "Leechers" for their ability to [[RequiredSecondaryPowers harmlessly and instantly dissolve]] any allomancy-capable metals within another allomancer's system. %%Required Secondary Powers is there because if the metals were simply deactivated, the allomancer thus targeted might suddenly have a lethal dose of, say, pewter in their system with no way to remove it.

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